For a start pre-made chocolate milks often contain: Corn Syrup/fructose and sugar both of which are going to spike your insuline levels and have a detrimental effect on fat burning and energy levels.

You do realise that fructose and sugar are kinda the same thing right? And that consuming either of them after a hard workout will result in them being used to replenish glycogen stores, and largely not being stored as fat?

You do realise that fructose and sugar are kinda the same thing right? And that consuming either of them after a hard workout will result in them being used to replenish glycogen stores, and largely not being stored as fat?

Yup! I understand the idea.

Many of us wonder what to eat after a workout, and the answer is: It depends! It depends on what kind of workout you are doing, and what your goal is – fat loss, performance improvements, mass gain, etc. There’s a lot of information floating around about what is “best”, but most of it comes from the body-building community.(and is probably not that relevant to your average combat sports athlete)

*Sugar stimulates a physiological stressor-reaction cascade that provokes adrenaline and cortisol release and thickens the blood.

*Sugar decreases your body’s production of leptin, a hormone critical for appetite regulation.

I had a check on the chocolate milk in my fridge (Morrisson's own brand) last night, seemed healthy enough for what it is. Just semi-skimmed milk, cocoa powder and sugar. 78kcal/100ml. I can certainly think of worse ways to get calories back into the system after training.

Originally Posted by Kambei Shimada

This whole sugar after workout business is just bad pseudo science. I'm not trying to come across hostile on this but to be brutally honest I think its nothing short of fucking Bullshit.